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José Bechara
Duas Cabeças com Ferro
"Duas Cabeças com Ferro", Oxidation on MDF, Variable dimensions from 50 x 100 x 100 cm, Ed. of 2 + 1 A.P. #1
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JOSÉ BECHARA
Duplo Oxy
Painting / Sculpture / Drawing
From March 26th to April 30th
José Bechara's second solo show in Lisbon is held again at Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea. In this exhibition José Bechara is showing a series of 12 new drawings on paper called Casinha Inventada (A Casa do Futuro), carbon and steel sculpure work, as well as painting works all from his latest series Open House and produced exclusively for the show. Launched at the exhibition reception and edited in three languages (Portuguese, English and Spanish) Blefuscu developes Open House series of works, publishing texts by Delfim Sardo, Marylin Zeitlin and an interview of the artist by Glória Ferreira.
In his paintings he often buys used materials; coverings of trucks from truck drivers so this material already has the imprints and marks the time has left on them. Later on in the studio he uses the process and leaves the material to set so that the elements of heat and humidity or carbon and steel oxides can act freely and leave a deeper mark.
The House names Bechara´s installation and sculpture project. In this, José explores the concept of shelter and, starting from the familiar notion of housing, strives to establish physical, metaphysical and visual relations about habitat, creating poetic associations that encompass both its internal and external space. The furniture, all of it, is grouped together, stuck out through windows and outside doors. It betrays an order, if not a constructive one, one that was reorganized both methodically and rigorously.
José Bechara was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1957. He works and lives also in Rio de Janeiro. José Bechara has presented many individual exhibitions at Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art (MAM-RJ, Brazil, 2004) and Tomie Ohtake Institut of São Paulo (SP, Brazil, 2002 e 2004).
As far his exhibitions in a group, we have to mention his work in New Acquisitions - Culturgest Collection (MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain, 2003), the 5th Biennal of Mercosul (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2005), Gesto, Matéria, Cor e Imagem ( Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art - RJ, Brazil, 2001), 29 Panorama da Arte Brazileira (Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo-SP,Brazil, 2005) Caminhos do Contemporâneo and Os 90 (Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2002 and 1999), Instituto Tomie Ohtake (São Paulo, Brazil, 2002), Museu Vale do Rio Doce (Vitória, 2002), Haus der Kilturen der Welt (Berlim, Germany, 1998), Ludwing Forum Fur Intl Kunst - Aachen (Aachen, Germany, 1998) e Kunst Museum (Haeiden Hein, Germany, 1988). He has recently presented Ok,Ok Let's Talk at Patio Herreriano - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Valadollid, Spain).
His work has been developed in multiple essays by international authors such as Luis Camillo Osório, Delfim Sardo, Agnaldo Farias, Paulo Sergio Duarte, David Barro, Glória Ferreira, Marilyn Zeitlin, Fernando Cocchiaralle, Paulo Reis, among others.
He is represented in various public and private collections namely the Gilberto Chateaubriand's collection at Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art, the João Satamine's collection at Niterói's Museum of Contemporary Art, the Itaú Cultural Institut, São Paulo, the Bahia's Museum of Modern Art, the Pará's Museum of Contemporary Art, the Paraná's Museum of Contemporary Art, the Culturgest, Lisbon, the FIL/AIP Lisbon, the ASU Art Museum, Phoenix, the MoLLA, California and the Cândido Mendes University, Rio de Janeiro.
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